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How is it made? | Design Technology | STEM | 10 Reading Passages + Questions

Studying how everyday items are made builds concrete understanding of materials science, manufacturing, and the design cycle in middle and high school design and technology STEM. This set of 10 reading passages with questions covers speakers, microphones, pillows, tape, glue, Velcro, DVDs and CDs, soccer balls, silk clothing, and bars of soap. Students can use it to help trace steps from raw material selection to forming, assembly, bonding, testing, and quality control while growing technical vocabulary and data analysis skills. Prompts connect physics, chemistry, and engineering with hands on evaluation of tolerances, performance, safety, sustainability, and life cycle impacts. Ready to use and standards aligned, these passages power quick lessons, cover work, and mini projects that inspire evidence based design decisions and real world thinking. This process is a great one to learn about and so with that in mind, let's look into this topic with my useful resource here. This How is it made? 10 article set provides the perfect grab and go, print and provide resource that can supplement lessons. It is a 10 article set with questions to check comprehension and inspire design and production thinking. I am very proud of this series of how is it made? articles and they are rich with information and wonder at the majesty of design, production and the manufacturing process. Each how is it made? article includes a fun fact(s) to add to the knowledge gained from this article. Formatted in an easy to read and digest manner, each paragraph is numbered to help with referencing and each question answer has a paragraph reference number to point to the specific information (where applicable). Two images also to inspire students and get them interested in the subject topic. WHY / WHEN TO USE: * Useful for substitute (sub) teaching * To enhance design / product thinking / STEM education * To extend students * To increase technical literacy in your class * A weekly reading task * Great as a lesson filler when class goes too fast * To inspire students on a particular topic * Give a selection of these articles for students to choose from WHAT'S INCLUDED: * 10 - 3 page Word doc image - textboxes teacher version with answers * 10 - 2 page Word doc image - textboxes student version with room to fill in answers (text boxes) * 10 - 3 page PDF teacher version with answers * 10 - 2 page PDF student version without answers (but space left to do so) * 10 - 3 page Google doc image - textboxes teacher version with answers * 10 - 2 page Google doc image - textboxes student version with room to fill answers (text boxes) Please note: That the Doc versions are images with editable text boxes overlayed on top and this is the most effective way to keep the article sleek and well-designed and also that students cannot change things significantly.